Newsmakers

Emily Keller, Foundation Center's international data relations liaison, spoke with Graf Strachwitz, director of the Berlin-based Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society, about the philanthropic landscape in Germany, misconceptions about German philanthropy, and changes he would like to see in the German philanthropic sector....

Connolly, a veteran of the social sector, spoke with PND about foundations' ability to move the needle on deeply entrenched social problems, the difficulty of measuring impact, and the generational dynamic in philanthropy....

PND spoke with Broad about his new memoir, The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking, and the road that took him from Detroit, where he was a young accountant, to fortune and fame....

PND spoke with Dracopoulos about the foundation's approach to grantmaking, its decision to address the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece, and his views on the ultimate resolution of the crisis....

Kathryn Pyle, a frequent contributor to our PhilanTopic blog, spoke with Orlando Bagwell, director of the JustFilms initiative, about the effort and how it relates to the Ford Foundation's broader agenda....

Frequent PhilanTopic contributor Michael Seltzer spoke with Buffett about the NoVo Foundation's work in support of encouraging social/emotional learning, seeding local living movements, and empowering women and girls worldwide....

PND spoke with Lynch about the state of the arts in America, what arts and cultural organizations can and should be doing to weather the Great Recession, and what the digital future holds in store for artists, arts organizations, and all who support them....

PND spoke with Jenks, president and CEO of Rare Conservation, a U.S.-based conservation group, about the organization's work, the significance of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the dynamics of societal behavior change....